[D+23] fundamental rights and freedoms recognised!

Fundamental rights and freedoms are also recognised in Austria at last!

ALL PEOPLE ARE FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS BORN. THEY ARE ENDOWED WITH REASON AND CONSCIENCE AND SHOULD ACT TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER IN A SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD. TYPE.1 OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

To live a self-determined is a fundamental right of people with disabilities

The provision of financial resources is an indispensable tool on the road to equality for disabled people, to be able to services (Personal assistance), which enable a self-determined life. ...

Every person with disability has the right to live where he wants, regardless of the type and extent of the disability. ...

This law calls for a Resolution of the Austrian independent-living-movement. Below you can find the full Text.

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The Austrian citizens ' initiative “the Home home” [URL removed-ed.] supports this Resolution in full.

“Home home” Austria

In the “Vision Statement” [URL removed, note.] the independent socio-political citizen action, which have in the meantime 744 personal supports [URL removed-ed.] is supported, are summarized these claims as well.

It is not “Ask for”, because this still open points rest on already for 60 years, binding in international law, the universal human rights, by the now legally binding UN Convention were confirmed.

Representatives from politics and administration to continue to ignore, be advised that you must intentionally and continue to be human and accept responsibility for this hurt!

Source: BICEPS-INFO (11. November 2008)
To live a self-determined is a fundamental right of people with disabilities

The provision of financial resources is an indispensable tool on the road to equality for disabled people, to be able to services (Personal assistance), which enable a self-determined life.

The following Resolution adopted by representatives of the independent-living movement, acting unanimously, and call on the policy, this in the course of government negotiations. Here you will find the full Text:

Resolution

To live a self-determined is a fundamental right of people with disabilities. The provision of financial resources is an indispensable tool on the road to equality for disabled people, to be able to services (Personal assistance) shopping for a self-determined life, as this prohibition in Discrimination in article 7, Para. 1 of the Federal-Constitution act, allow.

Every person with disability has the right to live where he wants, regardless of the type and extent of the disability.

Therefore, people with a disability demand

• a legal protection of the right to the necessary financial resources for independent living (Personal assistance) with the help of a 15a contract in accordance with the pattern of care provision, the the provision of the necessary financial resources ensures
• a solution based on their situation and the care allowance act, or as an add-on designed is
• the Federal government and the Länder, which for this purpose necessary calls, to include
• the Minister of social Affairs, to take immediately the Initiative
• the negotiations in the first place with the representatives of the self-determined life movement to be led
• that the services will be provided in the amount of the actual needs and regardless of age, income, assets and type of disability, and any person who requires it, and made it accessible. The current, the differently regulated in respect of services of the countries for Personal assistance, or other forms of Support is not objectively justifiable
• the “UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities”. This provides that the Treaty partner Austria to ensure that people with disabilities have access to community-based support services, including Personal assistance necessary to support living in the community and to prevent Isolation or segregation from the community.

This Resolution

is directed to the Federal government, as well as to the countries, you will be sent to the political parties in General, as well as to the negotiators of the coalition agreement, in Particular, with the urgent request, the contents of this Resolution in the Convention.

Vienna, 4. November 2008

The participants in the Congress, “Personal assistance in Austria”, as well as the self-determined life-organisations: BICEPS-center for independent living, BMKz – consulting, mobility and competence center, network, Personal assistant – self-determined Austria, lovely life – in a self-determined Vorarlberg, life, independent-living Initiative of upper Austria, Innsbruck, life, self-determined Initiative, Vienna, WAG Assistant to the co-operative, the centre for skills life.

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